Long time, no post. That’ll happen.
We took a half-day trip down to Tacoma to check out the
city.
Tacoma is the birthplace of the renown glassblower Dale Chihuly and is
therefore home to the the Museum of Glass.
I've wanted to check it out for a while
now. Glassblowing is kinda big out here.
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| This is my favorite piece from inside the museum. |
Attached to the museum is the Bridge of Glass, which I
actually enjoyed more than the museum. The bridge is free to the public! It kind of looks like the world's fanciest collection of bongs. It isn't. But I'm fairly certain that the creator and owner of the worlds most impressive collection of bongs is likely Chihuly himself. Anyway, he makes some really beautiful work.
Inside the museum is an area where you can watch and learn about glassblowing in person. It was a cool thing to see.
Seattle has also tried to get in on the glass hullabaloo with
the very recent installation (in May 2012), Chihuly Garden and Glass, at the base of the Space Needle which we have yet to go to, (and may not now that we have gone to the other
one).
Anyway, it was pretty cool. Tacoma seems cool too, although
we didn’t actually see a whole lot more, since it gets dark at freakin’ 5 o’clock
(stupid winter). We'll hafta make another trip down to see what else is going on in Tacoma.
Aaron This is very interesting and beautiful. There is a glass blowing place in Staunton and I have actually watched them at work. Then in Ashville two years ago I bought Tess and you those amazing glasses. Many years ago my Mom, Aunt Armenta and Aunt Irene went to visit a cousin in WVA named Eliza Bee. WVA is known for producing beautiful glass. They brought back several pieces of glass from an outlet there. Nothing as artistic as what you have seen but still beautiful. Mom was so proud of it. This post just brought back that memory. Thanks for sharing.
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